filipino artists faced off in an on-the-spot timed painting competition in manila on saturday as part of an international contest called "art battle."a dozen illustrators and artists painted on white canvasses using acrylic paint for 20 minutes while spectators circled around them to observe and, la...

on 15th and 16th july, monaco will host a live open-air urban painting performance - urban painting around the world (upaw) – that brings together the most talented street and graffiti artists for a weekend of art and environmental consciousness in the principality.from russia to the usa and europ...

a cartoon and caricature contest has been held in iran in which participants drew depictions of us president donald trump.iranian cartoonist hadi asadi won the first prize.his cartoon shows trump wearing a jacket made of dollar notes while drooling on books.it also displays trump’s hair in the sty...

amir mehdi kazemipress tv, arasiran’s northwestern aras region is hosting an exclusive art festival. artists from different parts of iran have gathered there to take part in a lively art performance which includes painting gigantic eggs. the nowruz egg painting festival has turned into one of the ...

a vietnamese city is using graffiti to protest against strict social norms. ho chi minh city has become a hotspot for the color-splashed art, which is usually seen as a means of rebellion. street artists have been spray painting their work all across the city, which has strict rules for artistic exp...

australia is set to compete in the 2018 eurovision song contest for the fourth year in a row. the 2018 eurovision song contest, in portugal's capital city of lisbon, will mark australia’s fourth year of competing in the event, following a remarkable record of three top 10 finishes.guy sebastian ...

up to 30 infants have participated in new york's diaper derby, a three-meter crawling contest.the 8th annual race for toddlers attracted many excited visitors. the athletes were between 6 and 24 months old.from the sidelines, parents encouraged their babies with bottles of milk, television remote co...

an exhibition in brussels is displaying colorful works of modern naive art, often created by artists who have no formal education and training. the biennale show is dedicated to paintings and sculptures in a detailed, simple, and almost childlike style. the works include paintings as well as paper m...

back in august, filipino-australian singer/actor james reid revealed that he's taking on one of the biggest names in local comics to film: pedro penduko.viva artists shared a clip of the "turning up" singer training for the role with a light-saber in hand.inspired by the original comic that tells t...

lebanese artists are using their skills to bring peace to the battle-scarred neighborhoods of the city of tripoli. they are painting rooftops in a way that will spell out “salam” which is the arabic word for peace.the project, which started three years ago, is the brainchild of 34-year-old twins...

shortly after world war i broke out in 1914, two french artists could already predict that the conflict would take place on a scale unlike anything ever seen at that point. a tribute to it would, then, also demand an unprecedented scale.by the time the project they conceived to honor the allies was ...

in the year preceding his untimely death, prince forbade audience members from videotaping his live performances. since then, artists such as childish gambino, guns 'n roses, alicia keys and the lumineers each have required audience members to temporarily forfeit use of their mobile devices by pla...

“in the spirit of eurovision’s values of inclusivity,” the european broadcasting union has done something unprecedented: it’s offered channel one russia the chance to let yulia samoylova compete in this year's song contest live via satellite. on wednesday, the ukrainian authorities formally ...

in a brazen suburban art heist, a thief has stolen an expensive painting from a balmain home in broad daylight.estimated to worth $200,000, the painting comet by renowned new zealand artist colin john mccahon was stolen as the owner was moving house on sunday. the stolen painting comet, by coli...

the artist nicholas harding was visiting the rodin museum in paris, during a hitchhiking tour of europe in 1977, at the age of 20, admiring a van gogh painting on the wall. it was a quiet day and no security guards were in sight as he leaned in close to the priceless artwork, opened his mouth and l...

the artist nicholas harding was visiting the rodin museum in paris, during a hitchhiking tour of europe in 1977, at the age of 20, admiring a van gogh painting on the wall. it was a quiet day and no security guards were in sight as he leaned in close to the priceless artwork, opened his mouth and l...

exhibition congo art works: popular painting a survey of congolese art over the last 50 years and beyond, exploring how the colonial experience influenced the work produced by the region's artists. garage museum of contemporary art to aug. 13 this exhibit of paintings by prominent congolese artists ...

russia's channel one says it will not broadcast the eurovision song contest in russia after ukraine, which hosts the contest this year, has barred the russian entrant from traveling to the country.ukraine's security services banned singer yulia samoylova from entering ukraine because she had toured ...

denis sarazhin was born in nikopol, ukraine in 1982 . he attended the kharkov art and design academy, graduating in 2008. he specialized in painting and was a pupil of ganozkiy v. l., chaus v. n., and vintayev v. n.. sarazhin was awarded with the 1st degree diploma award for excellence in painting f...

the philippines says its security forces have foiled a possible terrorist attack after arresting a kuwaiti man and his syrian wife linked to the terrorist daesh group.authorities said on thursday that law enforcement personnel had arrested husayn al-dhafiri and rahaf zina in the bonifacio global c...

as the live entertainment industry continues to grow year over year, the billboard touring conference promoter panel tackled how independents are facing off with industry giants, the repercussions of burnout festivals, and sexual harassment.the panel, titled promoter politics: a look at the big issu...

the stolen painting comet, by colin john mccahon. photo: nsw policean art thief has removed a painting from right under it's owner's nose in the sydney suburb of balmain.the large painting, estimated to be worth up to $200,000 by renowned new zealand artist colin john mccahon was stolen on sunday f...

one of the simplest yet coolest toys is yoyo and we’ve all been entertained by this spinning object some time in our lives.now the good news is that there is an annual competition for yoyo experts, where they can show off their skills.more than 200 contestants from 30 countries took part in this y...